No proof that councillors voted with ANC – Lawyer

The lawyer representing six expelled Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) councillors from Mogale City told POWER 98.7 that he remained undeterred in the case against the party despite their urgent interdict being struck off the roll by the High Court in Pretoria on Thursday.

“Unfortunately the judge feels that our matter lacks urgency hence it was struck off the roll but that is not a win for them (EFF) because the merits of the case was not entertained at all. We are filing the matter on a normal roll,” Advocate Katleho Mofokeng said during an interview with Joan Joseph on POWER Update.

Mofokeng accused the EFF of misleading the public by saying that the six had disobeyed the party’s mandate by voting with the African National Congress (ANC) during the city’s budget in July.

“Through our own investigation, we found out that there was no voting on that particular day so they are misleading the public that the councillors voted, they didn’t even give proof of that voting during the disciplinary hearing.”

When Joseph quizzed as to what the reasons behind the councillors axing might be, the advocate said this was a politically motivated expulsion.

“You must remember that this is a time for assemblies and people are trying to push those they feel will de-campaign them in the process. The group that was expelled belongs to a certain faction, there was another member who was with the six but was not expelled because he is part of another faction,” Mofokeng said.